[Samba] Samba4 Does cifs need a keytab for the multiuser option?

[Rowland Penny]

On 11/04/13 17:27, steve wrote:
> Hi
> samba --version
> Version 4.0.6-GIT-4bebda4
>
> smb.conf:
> [users]
> path = /home/users
> read only = No
>
> Working on the DC which is also the fileserver
> user steve2 can write to his folder at /home/users/steve2
>
> But if we now mount the share:
> sudo mount -t cifs //doloresdc/users /mnt -osec=krb5,multiuser
>
> he can't write to the mounted share at /mnt/users/steve2 He gets 
> 'Permission denied'. His id is the same, all that's changed is that 
> now it's mounted via cifs.
>
> The mount:
>
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: key description: 
> cifs.spnego;0;0;3f000000;ver=0x2;host=doloresdc;ip4=192.168.1.100;sec=krb5;uid=0x0;creduid=0x0;user=root;pid=0x116b
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: ver=2
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: host=doloresdc
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: ip=192.168.1.100
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: sec=1
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: uid=0
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: creduid=0
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: user=root
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: pid=4459
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: find_krb5_cc: considering 
> /tmp/krb5cc_0
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: find_krb5_cc: 
> FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_0 is valid ccache
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: handle_krb5_mech: getting 
> service ticket for doloresdc
> Apr 11 18:18:16 doloresdc cifs.upcall: handle_krb5_mech: obtained 
> service ticket
>
> user steve2, (uid=3000032) goes to his cifs mounted share:
>
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: key description: 
> cifs.spnego;3000032;20513;3f000000;ver=0x2;host=doloresdc;ip4=192.168.1.100;sec=krb5;uid=0x2dc6e0;creduid=0x2dc6e0;pid=0x1193
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: ver=2
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: host=doloresdc
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: ip=192.168.1.100
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: sec=1
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: uid=3000032
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: creduid=3000032
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: pid=4499
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: find_krb5_cc: considering 
> /tmp/krb5cc_3000032_NI8WDi
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: find_krb5_cc: 
> FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_3000032_NI8WDi is valid ccache
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: find_krb5_cc: considering 
> /tmp/krb5cc_0
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: find_krb5_cc: /tmp/krb5cc_0 is 
> owned by 0, not 3000032
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: handle_krb5_mech: getting 
> service ticket for doloresdc
> Apr 11 18:19:50 doloresdc cifs.upcall: handle_krb5_mech: obtained 
> service ticket
>
> but cannot write to it:(
>
> This works OK if I drop the multiuser option but that's no good for us 
> as we're trying to migrate erm, multiple users from nfs to cifs on our 
> Linux boxes.
> Question: Am I missing a keytab? Does cifs need any keys for the 
> multiuser option?
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>
Hi Steve, in a word YES!
If you are mounting the users home directory from the S4 server via 
cifs, I do not think that you need the multiuser option. I think you 
only need it if you want multiple users to use the the same mount.

Rowland




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